This is an AUDIO lesson about RHYTHM IN POETRY. In this lesson, I discuss rhythmic techniques in “free verse” and we learn what poets are after: that place of grace where form and freedom are one.
Play the audio as you consider the poem below. NOTE: Twice in this lesson I say “forward slash.” I mean “backslash,” of course, both times. Also note that the acephalous opening line is acephalous because it “lops off” an opening *slack* syllable. This will be a key technique in many poems.
